Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

When I watch a recording of an HD program through an HDMI connection, the full HD signal gets through.

However, when I watch it through component output, it is at HD resolution for about 30 seconds, then the screen goes blank, then it reappears at 720x480.

I have had my service since December 2010; is this something (a) that happens to everybody, and (b) if so, is it something that AT&T recently implemented through, say, a software update?

I wouldn't put it past them, as the industry as a whole is trying to cripple and/or phase out component connections because of the difficulty of enforcing DMCP/DRM over the analog connection.

The other possibility is, with HDMI the STB can receive resolution capabilities from your TV and can adapt on the fly but with component the STB can not get that info so it might be defaulting to a lower resolution. Have you tried configuring the STB specifically for 1080 resolution?

Edit: Does it only happen with recorded material and not live?

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Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

aviewer got it - the HDMI cable was controlling the signal. When the TV was on, the component cables were sending a full HD signal, but the minute I turned the TV off, the blue light went off and the signal switched to 720x480.

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Back when I had mine, I ran one HDTV off the HDMI and another off the component, but IIRC I had to manually configured the aspect ratio on each output.

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Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

aviewer wrote:That Don Guy - Why are you switching between outputs & what can you do to make it work fo you?

HDMI is connected to the TV itself.

Component is connected to a Hauppauge HD PVR box (which does not have an HDMI input), which in turn is connected to my computer to do video capture and subsequent Blu-Ray burning. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a Blu-Ray burner if all I can get is DVD resolution.

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Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

That Don Guy wrote:

aviewer wrote:That Don Guy - Why are you switching between outputs & what can you do to make it work fo you?

HDMI is connected to the TV itself.

Component is connected to a Hauppauge HD PVR box (which does not have an HDMI input), which in turn is connected to my computer to do video capture and subsequent Blu-Ray burning. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a Blu-Ray burner if all I can get is DVD resolution.

Can't you just go back in when it's on component and change the output to 720p or 1080i?

Chris

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Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

mibrnsurg wrote:

Can't you just go back in when it's on component and change the output to 720p or 1080i?

Yes, but do I have to do it each time I connect with just component? I tried just component (i.e. TV turned off), and was able to switch to 1080i, then I turned the capture device and the STB off, turned the TV and STB on, turned them both off, then turned the STB and capture device back on, and it was back to 720x480.

Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

Yep, when the HDMI interface goes active on the STB, it controls the resolution setting. When it goes off, it resets it to SD, regardless of what you may have had it set to before the HDMI interface started.

I have experienced this in my own home when I played with HDMI cables. I prefer component.

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Re: Component output downscales HD to 480p?

JefferMC wrote:

Yep, when the HDMI interface goes active on the STB, it controls the resolution setting. When it goes off, it resets it to SD, regardless of what you may have had it set to before the HDMI interface started.

I have experienced this in my own home when I played with HDMI cables. I prefer component.

Only if you turn it off when it is using the component output, if he switched back to the HDMI output and turned it off, it would not go back to the 480 resolutioin setting.

Chris

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